The debut of “The CEO” Mercedes Mone was indeed “big business” for All Elite Wrestling.
Brandon Thurston of Wrestle Nomics is reporting that the AEW Dynamite: Big Business special event back in March drew a larger attendance and live gate than the recent AEW Dynasty 2024 pay-per-view.
According to the report, 7,131 tickets were sold for their AEW Dynamite: Big Business on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, for a total live gate of $423,913.
By comparison, the AEW Dynasty 2024 pay-per-view from Sunday, April 21, 2024 at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, had a total of 6,287 tickets sold for a live gate of $401,373.
In addition to the AEW debut of Mercedes Mone, the AEW Dynamite: Big Business show back on 3/13 also featured Samoa Joe vs. Wardlow for the AEW World Championship, The Young Bucks and Kazuchika Okada in action and more.
New data from Pollstar for AEW Dynamite "Big Bu$iness":
03/13/2024
"All Elite Wrestling"
TD Garden – Boston, MA
Tickets sold: 7,131
Calculated average ticket sold: $59
USD gross: $423,913WrestleTix final count of distributed had this at 9,514.
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) April 30, 2024
Pollstar data for AEW Dynasty:
04/21/2024
"All Elite Wrestling"
Chaifetz Arena – St. Louis, MO
Tickets sold: 6,287
Calculated average ticket sold: $64
USD gross: $401,373WrestleTix final count of distributed was 6,619.
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) April 30, 2024
